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NGT: Joe Namath accused of hiding Sex Abuse at kids camp

BeckShepEli : 11/20/2023 7:12 am
50 years ago
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Namath  
Gman11 : 11/20/2023 7:32 am : link
was probably in a drunken stupor when it happened.
And what will happen?  
robbieballs2003 : 11/20/2023 7:40 am : link
Isn't there a statute of limitations on this stuff? Sickening if it happened and should be punished but can't and won't. But we'll always come back to why did it take 50 years to come to light? These situations always suck and most of the time there are never winners in this.
Prison  
Hilary : 11/20/2023 9:18 am : link
I work with prisoners three times per month. You would be surprised how prevalent sexual abuse of children is.
I went to the Namath-Dockery football camp when it was  
Heisenberg : 11/20/2023 9:26 am : link
in Hamden CT at Quinnipiac. That's crazy.
I wanna' kiss you  
Spider43 : 11/20/2023 9:29 am : link

Maybe he winds up being guilty  
US1 Giants : 11/20/2023 10:00 am : link
but accusations should not be made public. They should have the same protections as the accuser.

Privacy probably does not matter so much at his age in this case. Accusations can ruin someone's life if not true.
RE: And what will happen?  
Mad Mike : 11/20/2023 10:22 am : link
In comment 16296182 robbieballs2003 said:
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Isn't there a statute of limitations on this stuff?

Vermont, where the camp was located, has no statute of limitations for sexual abuse.
Since Namath  
bronxboy : 11/20/2023 10:29 am : link
and others weren't the abuser, good luck proving anything. Guy must need money.
RE: Since Namath  
steve in ky : 11/20/2023 11:58 am : link
In comment 16296588 bronxboy said:
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and others weren't the abuser, good luck proving anything. Guy must need money.


That’s the distinction here, Namath isn’t being accused of any abuse but that he allowed it to occur at his camp.
RE: I went to the Namath-Dockery football camp when it was  
Mayo2JZ : 11/20/2023 12:22 pm : link
In comment 16296381 Heisenberg said:
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in Hamden CT at Quinnipiac. That's crazy.


I went in '72 when I was in 8th grade and it was in VT. I remember Pete Athis being there. I actually got to know Joe Namath and he took me to lunch at McDonalds. I ran into him again in Hartford when the Bridgeport Jets were playing the Hartford Knights. I even got a Christmas Card from him that year. Pretty cool for a kid my age
Reading the story....  
Greg from LI : 11/20/2023 12:34 pm : link
There isn't any indication that Namath knew about any of this.
RE: Since Namath  
SirLoinOfBeef : 11/20/2023 1:11 pm : link
In comment 16296588 bronxboy said:
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and others weren't the abuser, good luck proving anything. Guy must need money.


If you have children, I hope nothing like this ever happens to them.

SirloinOfBeef  
bronxboy : 11/20/2023 1:14 pm : link
Outside of the abuser paying his price. You have no idea about anyone else 50 years ago.
RE: RE: I went to the Namath-Dockery football camp when it was  
Heisenberg : 11/20/2023 1:53 pm : link
In comment 16296826 Mayo2JZ said:
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In comment 16296381 Heisenberg said:


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in Hamden CT at Quinnipiac. That's crazy.



I went in '72 when I was in 8th grade and it was in VT. I remember Pete Athis being there. I actually got to know Joe Namath and he took me to lunch at McDonalds. I ran into him again in Hartford when the Bridgeport Jets were playing the Hartford Knights. I even got a Christmas Card from him that year. Pretty cool for a kid my age


That means you went when the alleged abuse happened. The story said it happened in '72.
RE: Reading the story....  
Heisenberg : 11/20/2023 1:59 pm : link
In comment 16296845 Greg from LI said:
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There isn't any indication that Namath knew about any of this.


This wouldn't surprise me. I don't know about '72 but I went in '82, I think, and Namath was barely involved. He showed up only one day, threw the ball with some kids and then you could get your picture taken with a photographer. Dockery ran the camp as far as I could tell at 13.
Wow!  
Mayo2JZ : 11/20/2023 2:01 pm : link
That is amazing. I cannot recall any high school coaches from that time. Now that I think of it I was wrong on the year. I went during the summer of '73 after 8th grade and just before I started prep school. I don't recognize that coach.
RE: SirloinOfBeef  
djm : 11/20/2023 2:12 pm : link
In comment 16296914 bronxboy said:
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Outside of the abuser paying his price. You have no idea about anyone else 50 years ago.


Yet you state the accuser must need money. Want to walk that one back?
No  
bronxboy : 11/20/2023 2:15 pm : link
I hope he gets sued for defamation.
unless it's true of course  
djm : 11/20/2023 2:16 pm : link
i guess we just assume it isn't and this is all a cash grab? This is fun. Where else can we make general blindly ignorant assumptions with no true regard for humanity?
don't get me wrong  
djm : 11/20/2023 2:20 pm : link
there isn't a shittier and more damaging accusation to make, next to actually accusing someone of making up said accusation.

I just don't like to assume the worst in someone who may have suffered the worst from a demonic piece of shit. But that's just me.

Never mind the shame that befalls and impacts a victim of a sex crime. There's data that explains why many people wait or never press charges. It's medical data though, so some may ignore it.
Obviously I have  
Mayo2JZ : 11/20/2023 2:24 pm : link
no idea what was going on but I saw the article on the Fox News app and they use the words "rampant child sex abuse" in the title. Just what I have come to expect from Fox
RE: No  
logman : 11/20/2023 2:30 pm : link
In comment 16297032 bronxboy said:
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I hope he gets sued for defamation.


So, you've already decided that it didn't happen and the accuser is lying?

You are why victims stay silent for 50 years
My favorite line for lawsuit.  
bronxboy : 11/20/2023 2:31 pm : link
Namath and Dockery should have known about the sleeping arrangement, the amended complaint says.(should have)

2016 Esquire article on Phil Foglietta and Brooklyn Poly Prep  
shyster : 11/20/2023 2:54 pm : link
Foglietta was the football coach there for 25 years, 1966-1991; by 1972, he would have been very accustomed to being enabled.
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RE: 2016 Esquire article on Phil Foglietta and Brooklyn Poly Prep  
SirLoinOfBeef : 11/20/2023 3:42 pm : link
In comment 16297111 shyster said:
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Foglietta was the football coach there for 25 years, 1966-1991; by 1972, he would have been very accustomed to being enabled. esquire - ( New Window )


Jesus christ...

What a monster.

RE: Reading the story....  
Matt M. : 11/20/2023 3:52 pm : link
In comment 16296845 Greg from LI said:
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There isn't any indication that Namath knew about any of this.
That was my take. I am not saying this guy was not abused. The story isn't about that, likely because his alleged abuser is dead. But, there was nothing to indicate Namath was ever made aware anything was going on, nor did he find out on his own.
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